Podcast appearances and mentions of John Lukacs

Jednou z výhod knih je, že jejich autoři mluví i k dalším generacím. Neplatí to jen pro staré klasiky, ale i pro ty, kdo zemřeli teprve nedávno. Jedním z nich může být maďarsko-americký historik John Lukacs, který hodně psal o něčem, co získává zvláštní aktuálnost právě v těchto týdnech.

Jednou z výhod knih je, že jejich autoři mluví i k dalším generacím. Neplatí to jen pro staré klasiky, ale i pro ty, kdo zemřeli teprve nedávno. Jedním z nich může být maďarsko-americký historik John Lukacs, který hodně psal o něčem, co získává zvláštní aktuálnost právě v těchto týdnech.Všechny díly podcastu Názory a argumenty můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.

"A few years ago, historian John Lukacs spoke on the campus of Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts. While there Lukacs was interviewed by ENC professors and said the following about language:"Language is a very mysterious gift from God. In the beginning was the Word. Not the Fact. Not the Picture. Not the Number. Not the Image. It is through words that we relate to each other. It is through words that we can give pain or pleasure to each other. And because of this -- and every historian worth his salt ought to know this -- the choice of the word is not only a matter of accuracy, not only an aesthetic choice, it is a moral choice."Today, we are witnessing an increasing vulgarity becoming mainstream in our modern vernacular. We have always had "cuss words' ', but now we are seeing a justification of it in certain circles of Christianity and even some pulpits. The Bible is pretty clear about the choice of our words and unclean words coming out of our mouths. So, instead of asking, “Can I say bad words without sinning,” we should ask, “Are my words reflecting the Holy Spirit's transforming work in my life?”In this episode of Keep it 100, we talk about this topic and have a conversation with Pastor of Hungry Gen Church and Author Vlad Savchuk.website: www.seanandchristasmith.comfacebook: @seanandchristsmithministriesinstagram: @revseansmith @mrschristasmith

The name Edmund Burke is used quite liberally on the Saving Elephants podcast as host Josh Lewis makes no bones about being a “Burkean” conservative.  But who was this Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher?  What were his contributions to conservative thought?  Why does Josh hold him in such high regard?  And why do some conservatives argue there's no place for Burke in conservatism?   Rather than inviting one guest to tackle these pressing questions, Josh explores the various conversations had on the podcast with past guests about Burke to help us navigate this rather complex and often misunderstood political thinker.  The lineup includes:   Wes Siler Podcast appearance: 71 – Exploring Burke with Wes Siler   Wes is the founder and Director of The Burkean Conservative, a website, social media presence, and video platform that produces content focused on educating and expanding the conservative movement on the basis of Edmund Burke's principles.  You can follow The Burkean Conservative on Twitter @TheBurkeanCon.   Yuval Levin Podcast appearance: 73 – Formative Institutions with Yuval Levin   Yuval Levin is a political analyst, public intellectual, academic, and journalist.  He is the founding editor of National Affairs, director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a contributing editor of National Review, and co-founder and a senior editor of The New Atlantis.  He also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy.   Yuval served as a member of the White House domestic policy staff under President George W. Bush.  He was also executive director of the President's Council on Bioethics and a congressional staffer at the member, committee, and leadership levels.   Yuval's essays and articles have appeared in numerous publications, among them, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary.  He is the author of five books, two of which are discussed in detail in the episode: A Time to Build and The Great Debate.   Jonah Goldberg Podcast appearance: 82 – Ruminating Remnants with Jonah Goldberg   Jonah Goldberg hosts The Remnant, a podcast featuring a “Cannonball Run”-style cast of stars, has-beens, and never-weres to address the most pressing issues of the day and of all-time, mixing history, pop culture, rank-punditry, political philosophy, and, at times, shameless book-plugging, and the nudity is (almost) always tasteful.  In October of 2019 Goldberg co-launched and became founding editor of the online opinion and news publication The Dispatch.  He was the founding editor of National Review Online, and from 1998 until 2019 he was an editor at National Review.   A prolific writer, Goldberg writes a weekly column about politics and culture for the Los Angeles Times as well as a frequent “newsletter” The G-File.  He has authored three books, the No. 1 New York Times bestseller Liberal Fascism; The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas; and Suicide of the West, which also became a New York Times bestseller.   Goldberg is also a regular contributor on news networks such as CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, appearing on various television programs including Good Morning America, Nightline, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Real Time with Bill Maher, and The Daily Show.  Goldberg is an occasional guest on a number of Fox News shows and a frequent panelist on Special Report with Bret Baier.   Bo Winegard Podcast appearance: 104 – Armchair Burkeans with Bo Winegard   Bo Winegard obtained his PhD in social psychology from Florida State University, under the tutelage of Roy Baumeister.  Formerly a professor at a small college in the Midwest, Bo is now an independent scholar interested in human evolution, human variation, the rise of political order, and political conservatism.  He also enjoys literature, film, sports, and mediocre detective fiction.   Bo has many peer-reviewed publications on motley topics and often writes for the online media publication Quillette.  He is currently working on the first of several books on human nature and political ideology.   Visit Bo's website: https://www.bmwinegard.com/   And his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8mHb9VLBbrlvzRRwwGgL5w   You can also find Bo on Twitter @EPoe187   David Bahnsen Podcast appearance: 119 – Inflating the Apocalypse with David Bahnsen   David L. Bahnsen is the founder, Managing Partner, and Chief Investment Officer of The Bahnsen Group, a bi-coastal private wealth management firm with offices in Newport Beach, CA, New York City, Minneapolis, and Nashville managing over $3.5 billion in client assets.  David is consistently named as one of the top financial advisors in America by Barron's, Forbes, and the Financial Times.  He is a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business and is a regular contributor to National Review and Forbes.  He has written his own political viewpoint blog for over a decade.   David serves on the Board of Directors for the National Review Institute and was the Vice-President of the Lincoln Club of Orange County for eight years.  He is a committed donor and activist across all spectrums of national, state, and local politics, and views the cause of Buckley and Reagan as the need of the hour.   David is passionate about opposition to crony capitalism, and has lectured and written for years about the need for pro-growth economic policy.  Every part of his political worldview stems from a desire to see greater freedom as a catalyst to greater human flourishing.   He is the author of the book, Crisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It and his most recent book, There's No Free Lunch: 250 Economic Truths.   His ultimate passions are his lovely wife of 18+ years, Joleen, their gorgeous and brilliant children, sons Mitchell and Graham, and daughter Sadie, and the life they've created together in Newport Beach, California.   Jeff Nelson Podcast appearance: 130 – Cultivating Kirk with Jeff Nelson   Jeff Nelson co-founded the Kirk Center with Annette Kirk and is currently Vice Chairman of the Center's Board of Trustees.  He served in 1986 and again in 1989 as Dr. Kirk's personal assistant.   Dr. Nelson is Executive Vice President of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (Wilmington, Delaware).  He also served as president of the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts (Merrimack, NH).  He received his B.A. at the University of Detroit, an M.A. at Yale University Divinity School, and was awarded his Ph.D. in American History at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.   Dr. Nelson founded ISI Books, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's now nationally recognized publishing imprint, in 1993.  Under his direction, more than 110 books were published.  During that time he also edited two respected journals of thought and opinion: The Intercollegiate Review and The University Bookman, and is publisher of Studies in Burke and His Time.  He also is senior fellow of both the International G. K. Chesterton Institute (Toronto, ON) and the Centre for the Study of Faith and Culture in Oxford, England; and he is secretary of the Edmund Burke Society of America.   Dr. Nelson has edited two book collections: Redeeming the Time by Russell Kirk, and Perfect Sowing: Reflections of a Bookman by Henry Regnery; he co-edited an award-winning treasury of the historian John Lukacs' writings entitled Remembered Past; and was project director of the popular national college guide, Choosing the Right College: The Whole Truth About America's Top Schools.  Dr. Nelson was featured in a New York Times front-page news article about a major reference work he co-edited, American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia; and he is series editor of The Library of Modern Thinkers.  Jeff Nelson is a frequent and popular guest on radio and television talk shows across the country.   You can follow Jeff on Twitter @JeffOttoNelson  

Perhaps no other individual (or person, for the benefit of the Kirkian insider) was more responsible for resuscitating intellectual conservatism back to life in the mid Twentieth century than Russell Kirk.  Today, Kirk's efforts to recover and conserve the “Permanent Things” lives on at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal.  Co-founder and Vice Chair of the Russell Kirk Center, Jeff Nelson, joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis to explore the legacy of Russell Kirk and its lasting impact on the conservative movement today.   About Jeff Nelson From the Kirk Center bio: Jeff Nelson co-founded the Kirk Center with Annette Kirk and is currently Vice Chairman of the Center's Board of Trustees.  He served in 1986 and again in 1989 as Dr. Kirk's personal assistant.   Dr. Nelson is Executive Vice President of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (Wilmington, Delaware).  He also served as president of the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts (Merrimack, NH).  He received his B.A. at the University of Detroit, an M.A. at Yale University Divinity School, and was awarded his Ph.D. in American History at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.   Dr. Nelson founded ISI Books, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's now nationally recognized publishing imprint, in 1993.  Under his direction, more than 110 books were published.  During that time he also edited two respected journals of thought and opinion: The Intercollegiate Review and The University Bookman, and is publisher of Studies in Burke and His Time.  He also is senior fellow of both the International G. K. Chesterton Institute (Toronto, ON) and the Centre for the Study of Faith and Culture in Oxford, England; and he is secretary of the Edmund Burke Society of America.   Dr. Nelson has edited two book collections: Redeeming the Time by Russell Kirk, and Perfect Sowing: Reflections of a Bookman by Henry Regnery; he co-edited an award-winning treasury of the historian John Lukacs' writings entitled Remembered Past; and was project director of the popular national college guide, Choosing the Right College: The Whole Truth About America's Top Schools.  Dr. Nelson was featured in a New York Times front-page news article about a major reference work he co-edited, American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia; and he is series editor of The Library of Modern Thinkers.  Jeff Nelson is a frequent and popular guest on radio and television talk shows across the country.   You can follow Jeff on Twitter @JeffOttoNelson   About The Russell Kirk Center The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal is located in Kirk's ancestral village of Mecosta, Michigan.  It is at its heart a residential research and study center, a community of fellow travelers that lives together in the Center's six cottages, and gathers in the Kirk Library of some 15,000 books and in the family house, where ideas and community join in what Dr. Kirk used to describe, borrowing from Tolkien, as the Last Homely House.  Like his hero Edmund Burke, Kirk is a perennial thinker, anti-materialist and a Christian humanist.  At the Kirk Center and in the writing of Kirk, generations connect, community and tradition live, the politics of prudence and humility extolled, and imagination, religion, and key societal beliefs, practices, and institutions studied with a view toward cultural renewal.  Inspired by Russell Kirk, the Kirk Center cherishes the Permanent Things as the best way to enliven the conservative mind and to re-enchant our world.   And so I hope listeners of this podcast will visit the Kirk Center website, kirkcenter.org.  Sign up for the Center's newsletter, Permanent Things, and find great classic Kirk content regularly curated by Cecilia Kirk Nelson.  Finally, one of the premier conservative book review publications, The University Bookman, posts new book reviews each weekend and has its own weekly e-newsletter that features reviews and interesting content from other groups and podcasts, including the occasional Saving Elephants episode.   Book Recommendations Here are four of Jeff Nelson's book recommendations on Russell Kirk:   First, James Person's Russell Kirk: A Critical Biography of a Conservative Mind is a wonderful introduction to Kirk and the key areas of his thought.   Second, as mentioned, Bradley Birzer's Russell Kirk: American Conservative is a thoroughly researched standard biographical treatment that is both insightful and lively.   Third, Gerald Russello's The Post Modern Imagination of Russell Kirk is one of the best analyses of Kirk's thought and the role that both ideas and imagination play in it.   Finally, for a discussion and application of Kirk's understanding of the Moral Imagination, especially as a kind of process or mode of knowledge, through the prism of great children's literature, Vigen Guroian's Tending the Heart of Virtue is especially good.  

Join Niha and Sean as they speak to Deputy Minister Quan-Watson about how entered into the public service, his experience with racism and diversity, and how to make a difference by speaking up and out. The Deputy shares with us his list of top 5 books that he recommends everyone read, but ultimately he says that if you think of a Canadian experience that you don't know about, pick up something from that point of view. Epic of Gilgamesh Meditations by Marceus Orelius Guns of August - Barbara W. Tuchman Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris Five days in May London 1940 by John Lukacs

John Lukacs (@johndlukacs), author of "Haven't They Suffered Enough" joined the show to talk about his new book on Beano Cook and what Cook meant to the game of college football

The guys needed a week to land a great guest, John Lukacs (@JohnDLukacs) joins the show to chat about his career & his book "Haven't They Suffered Enough".The Sportsbook Consigliere, Dave Sharapan - alongside his co-hosts Carl Hascall & Dan Alexander - hit on all the biggest sports stories of the week. Talking MLB early observations, NBA Playoffs, and some Actionable info in the NHL before the world famous Take A Minute Segment!It's the deep dive you didn't know you needed!  Come for the angles but stay for the laughs as the guys run down all the latest action with plenty of fun along the way. Timestamps:Intro/Rundown 00:00 -> 4:20John Lukacs  (@JohnDLukacs) Interview 4:21 -> 26:41 MLB: Early Season Observations/Would You Have Taken Out Kershaw? 26:47 -> 36:16NBA: Opening Round Series Who Ya Got? 36:17 -> 51:40 Philadelphia 76ers (-180) vs Toronto Raptors (+150) 40:11 ->Boston Celtics (-130) vs Brooklyn Nets (+110) 46:00Milwaukee Bucks (-1000) vs Chicago Bulls (+650)Golden State Warriors (-250) vs Denver Nuggets (+210) 48:05 Memphis Grizzlies (-330) vs Minnesota Timberwolves (+260) 49:00Utah Jazz (-300) vs Dallas Mavericks (+230) 49:30 Pulling the Goalie: NHL – Playoff Picture/End of Season Value 50:30 -> 54:06 Neuby Movie Review – Morbius 54:19 -> 56:502 outta 5 Smoked Wings Take A Minute 57:00 ->1:07:00

Maybe He's Just Messing With Us                  Today:   Or is she?  Transgender swimmer Lia, formerly Will, Thomas has won several meets and set records for the University of Pennsylvania women's team.  John awards another trophy for the mantle in today's open.  Then, Wilfred Reilly, author of Hate Crime Hoax, talks about the Jussie Smollett verdict along with his book.  Finally, John Lukacs returns with more on his book with Beano Cook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John joins the guys to discuss his new book remembering the great Beano Cook See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RUNDOWN  At the top of the show, the guys open the mailbag for some unfiltered listener feedback. Then, they dive into a Stump the Band trivia question before volleying their takaways from the Hawks loss against New Orleans. A four-pack of guests include Brady Henderson and Joe Fann for the special Monday night edition of the Seahawks No-Table, Rick Neuheisel, and author John Lukacs on his new biography of Beano Cook. The “Other Stuff” segment features a variety of odds and ends including the grim recruiting situation at UW, angry Klay Thompson, and Alec Baldwin's tragic and confusing gun incident. GUESTS  Brady Henderson | ESPN Seahawks insider Joe Fann | WynnBet & Blue Wire podcast host Rick Neuheisel | CBS Sports college football analyst John Lukacs | Haven't They Suffered Enough author TABLE OF CONTENTS  23:55 | Mitch provides the code word for the upcoming slate of Beat the Boys matchups. 25:53 | Can you name the players from the 20,000 point and 10,000 assist club in NBA history? 30:25 | The guys go over their takeaways from the Hawks loss against the Saints on Monday night. 46:09 | GUESTS: Brady Henderson & Joe Fann hop aboard to roll through the gut reaction takeaways from Monday night's contest against New Orleans. 1:14:02 | GUEST: Rick Neuheisel is back after a long-awaited correct pick of Pitt to chat about playoff contenders and coaches in the hot seat. 1:40:08 | GUEST: John Lukacs joins the show to preview his latest book about Mitch's late longtime friend Beano Cook titled Haven't They Suffered Enough?: An Unbelievable Career in Sports, PR and Television.  2:07:55 | Mitch and Scott volley “Other Stuff” topics including a rare Husky football win these days, NBA's Top 75 list, and the Alec Baldwin gun incident, .

A második részben tovább folytatódik az eszmetörténet, liberalizmus, polgárság, Bibó István. Ezután időutazás kezdődik amelyben gimnáziumi pofonok, múltbéli helyszínek és emberek villanak fel egy-egy rövid történet erejéig, Tilos az Á, Almássy tér, Sziget, Dajcstomi, az adás legvégén pedig egy nagyon erős könyvajánlóval köszönünk el. Az ajánlóban elhangzott: Reisz Gábor - Rossz versek, Michel Houellebecq - Serotonin, Krusovszky Dénes - Akik már nem leszünk sosem, A boldogság: feladat - John Lukacs füveskönyve, Molnár Péter - Keresők, ​avagy a lány neve, Yuval Noah Harari, Immanuel Kant - A tiszta ész kritikája, Viagra Boys #politika #belpolitika #külpolitika #emigráció #külföldimagyarok #kultúra #hungary #magyarorszag #magyarokkülföldön #budapest #luxembourg #london #hvg #hont #hontandras #hontandrás #sajtószabadság #index #index.hu #vasas #ezekugyazazok #deutschtamas #dajcstomi #fidesz #liberalis #liberalizmus #polgari #almássytér #sziget #deutsch #bibo

A recent piece at The American Conservative by Casey Chalk offered a unique position on woke name changes across America. They are bad ethics and bad philosophy. His analysis is worthy of discussion because this conflict is not really about history, but about philosophy and how we understand our past and our traditions, meaning the philosophy of memory, what John Lukacs called “the remembered past.” https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/support

4,4 Antony Beevor, Martin Gilbert y John Lukacs para "MI HÉROE EL ABUELO", episodio de la séptima temporada de The Simpsons que narra las aventuras de Abe Simpson durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Con los Peces Infierno inicia nuestro especial sobre la 2WW en Pura Carreta Podcast, un inicio un tanto soft para tan vasto evento que durante 6 años tuvo al planeta en vilo de una destrucción total. Hablamos de veteranos de guerra, del impacto de lo bélico en la condición humana, de las relaciones abuelo-nieto y por supuesto del inicio de la 2WW, del ascenso del Nazismo en Alemania, de la Italia fascista de Mussolini, de la declaración de guerra por parte de Chamberlain hacia los germanos. Este es el episodio introductorio de la guerra y que marca el tono que llevará este especial de 6 carretazos. El jingle es obra de Esteban Pardo https://twitter.com/uncatastrofico?s=20 Recuerden que nos encuentran en redes sociales y plataformas de podcast, como Spotify o iTunes, en el siguiente link https://myurls.co/puracarreta pero también en otras plataformas como Deezer, Google Podcast, Ivoox y en nuestro canal de YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4DMNBevcNt5NP538xYTcuA

Did you skip your history classes because they were too boring? You wouldn’t be alone! Kevin speaks to how handling history properly (from your workplace enterprise to churches to nations) is key for the effective leader. Get on board for this equipping! // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

Verder zonder Deelder en Doris DayIeder jaar ontvallen ons weer bekende en minder bekende vooraanstaande figuren. Zowel uit Nederland als uit heel de wereld. Ook dit jaar stierven weer belangrijke openbare figuren. Zij worden herdacht in het jaarlijkse in memoriam in de ether op OVT, onze eigen requiemdienst zogezegd. Met onder meer aandacht voor de schrijvers Gyõrgy Konrad en Toni Morrison; de eerste zwarte voetballer in Oranje Humphrey Mijnals; de Amerikaans historicus en cultuurcriticus John Lukacs; de acteur Bruno Ganz en de actrice Doris Day

Ed Dyess was a smart, talented, athletic kid from Texas who had a passion for flying, movie star good looks, and a flare for acting. Thanks to a chance encounter on a highway in the middle of nowhere, he went on to become an ace fighter pilot, lead men with guns-a-blazing in America’s first amphibious attack during World War II, survive the Bataan Death March, and escape a harsh Japanese POW camp. All the while, Dyess kept quietly inspiring and leading everyone he encountered. Today on the show, I discuss this real life GI Joe with writer and filmmaker John Lukacs. John is the author of Escape From Davao and made a documentary about Dyess called 4-4-43 (narrated by past AoM podcast guest Dale Dye). John shares how Dyess started his military career as fighter pilot during World War II, but ended up leading men on the ground in the earliest infantry battles in the Pacific. We then dig into Dyess’ experience during the Bataan Death March and how he continued to support his men during this crucible. John then shares how Dyess, along with nine other men, escaped from one of Japan’s harshest prison camps and how he fought his way out of the jungle to let the world know of the atrocities going on in the Philippines. We end our conversation with a discussion of why Ed didn’t win the Medal of Honor despite his heroic actions, his tragic death, and the leadership lessons we can all take from him.  Get the full show notes at aom.is/dyess.

This episode, is released just after the 75th anniversary of the escape of ten American prisoners of war, and two Filipino convicts, from the Davao Penal Colony. The following year when the story broke, the US War Department would call it the ‘greatest story of the war’. The man made famous at the time for escaping, and recounting the story, was Lt. Col. William Edwin Dyess. A fighter pilot who not only fought in the air, but during the defence of Bataan led and amphibious assault as an infantryman. Joining me to tell us the story of ‘Ed Dyess’ is John Lukacs, who is fighting to get Dyess awarded the Medal of Honor; and keeping his memory alive with the website 4-4-43.com. If you remember back in episode 45, I discussed the Barton Brothers with Sally Mott Freeman, Dyess’s story intersects with that as Barton was at the Davao Penal Colony and his brother Bill was in Washington aware of Dyess’s escape.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Christ is In All": A Runaway Slave Returns Home* for Sunday, 1 August 2010; book review: *The Legacy of the Second World War* by John Lukacs (2010); film review: *The Atom Smashers* (2008); poem review: *Eleven Addresses to the Lord (10)* by John Berryman.

Much has been written about Winston Churchill recently. Some love him, some hate him. But few understand him, at least as well as John Lukacs. That’s hardly a surprise as Lukacs has been thinking and writing about Churchill for over fifty years. He’s written a wonderful book focusing on one of Churchill’s best known speeches, namely the one he gave upon becoming Prime Minister on May 13, 1940. In it, Churchill uttered the memorable and ringing statement that he had nothing to offer the British people but “blood, toil, tears and sweat.” Hence the title of Lukacs’ book: Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat. The Dire Warning (Basic Books, 2008). Things were bad, very bad, in May of 1940. Churchill knew it. We, as Lukacs points out, seem to have forgotten it. Britain was not only losing the war, but according to many had already lost it. For most, Churchill included, the question was not simply how to make the best of a bad situation, but whether the UK, the Empire, Europe and the cause of freedom would survive at all. Churchill wanted to tell all who would listen how disastrous and momentous things were. He found just the right words, though people at the time didn’t realize it. Only as the scope of the task became clear did “blood, toil, tears and sweat” gain the reality–and meaning–that they have for us today. We should thank John Lukacs for reminding us of them. Please become a fan of “New Books in History” on Facebook if you haven’t already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Much has been written about Winston Churchill recently. Some love him, some hate him. But few understand him, at least as well as John Lukacs. That’s hardly a surprise as Lukacs has been thinking and writing about Churchill for over fifty years. He’s written a wonderful book focusing on one of Churchill’s best known speeches, namely the one he gave upon becoming Prime Minister on May 13, 1940. In it, Churchill uttered the memorable and ringing statement that he had nothing to offer the British people but “blood, toil, tears and sweat.” Hence the title of Lukacs’ book: Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat. The Dire Warning (Basic Books, 2008). Things were bad, very bad, in May of 1940. Churchill knew it. We, as Lukacs points out, seem to have forgotten it. Britain was not only losing the war, but according to many had already lost it. For most, Churchill included, the question was not simply how to make the best of a bad situation, but whether the UK, the Empire, Europe and the cause of freedom would survive at all. Churchill wanted to tell all who would listen how disastrous and momentous things were. He found just the right words, though people at the time didn’t realize it. Only as the scope of the task became clear did “blood, toil, tears and sweat” gain the reality–and meaning–that they have for us today. We should thank John Lukacs for reminding us of them. Please become a fan of “New Books in History” on Facebook if you haven’t already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Much has been written about Winston Churchill recently. Some love him, some hate him. But few understand him, at least as well as John Lukacs. That’s hardly a surprise as Lukacs has been thinking and writing about Churchill for over fifty years. He’s written a wonderful book focusing on one of Churchill’s best known speeches, namely the one he gave upon becoming Prime Minister on May 13, 1940. In it, Churchill uttered the memorable and ringing statement that he had nothing to offer the British people but “blood, toil, tears and sweat.” Hence the title of Lukacs’ book: Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat. The Dire Warning (Basic Books, 2008). Things were bad, very bad, in May of 1940. Churchill knew it. We, as Lukacs points out, seem to have forgotten it. Britain was not only losing the war, but according to many had already lost it. For most, Churchill included, the question was not simply how to make the best of a bad situation, but whether the UK, the Empire, Europe and the cause of freedom would survive at all. Churchill wanted to tell all who would listen how disastrous and momentous things were. He found just the right words, though people at the time didn’t realize it. Only as the scope of the task became clear did “blood, toil, tears and sweat” gain the reality–and meaning–that they have for us today. We should thank John Lukacs for reminding us of them. Please become a fan of “New Books in History” on Facebook if you haven’t already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Much has been written about Winston Churchill recently. Some love him, some hate him. But few understand him, at least as well as John Lukacs. That’s hardly a surprise as Lukacs has been thinking and writing about Churchill for over fifty years. He’s written a wonderful book focusing on one of Churchill’s best known speeches, namely the one he gave upon becoming Prime Minister on May 13, 1940. In it, Churchill uttered the memorable and ringing statement that he had nothing to offer the British people but “blood, toil, tears and sweat.” Hence the title of Lukacs’ book: Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat. The Dire Warning (Basic Books, 2008). Things were bad, very bad, in May of 1940. Churchill knew it. We, as Lukacs points out, seem to have forgotten it. Britain was not only losing the war, but according to many had already lost it. For most, Churchill included, the question was not simply how to make the best of a bad situation, but whether the UK, the Empire, Europe and the cause of freedom would survive at all. Churchill wanted to tell all who would listen how disastrous and momentous things were. He found just the right words, though people at the time didn’t realize it. Only as the scope of the task became clear did “blood, toil, tears and sweat” gain the reality–and meaning–that they have for us today. We should thank John Lukacs for reminding us of them. Please become a fan of “New Books in History” on Facebook if you haven’t already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices